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A town of 6,407, settled in 1858.
Because it does well by almost any measure. Hebron earns an A, ranked 13th of 138 in Kentucky. Its schools rank ahead of 92% of Kentucky towns, the median household earns $107K, and natural-hazard risk is low. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in health. No town in Kentucky scores lower than Hebron on the outdoors. Hebron has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them A. J. Aylor House and Allie Corn House. Of the 142 Kentucky towns we compare, none has a lower January low than Hebron.
Where Hebron beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Chester Goodridge Elementary School | PK–5 | 711 |
| Conner Middle School | 6–8 | 865 |
| Conner High School | 9–12 | 1,400 |
Where Hebron’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Hebron is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 10,066 in 2000, 6,195 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1910 and 6 maps from 1914 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hebron. Close and well known come first.
11 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
4 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
Big draw31 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
Big draw30 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
11 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
11 mi Stadium & arenaNippert StadiumPaycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Hebron is unincorporated, so Boone County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Hebron.
Hebron pairs an A for schools with modest home prices, carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Kentucky (mostly tornadoes) and has colder winter nights than almost anywhere else in Kentucky.
The typical Hebron home is worth about $386,000, up 2.3% in a year, 67% above the Kentucky typical home. 85% of households own their home in Hebron, above both the Kentucky town median (59%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). The median rent in Hebron is $1,491 a month.
| Hebron | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 85% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,491 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its A for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $386K.
Its public schools are run by the Boone County school district.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conner Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 865 | A |
| Conner High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,400 | A |
| Chester Goodridge Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 711 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
10,522 jobs are based in Hebron, 3.1 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. 23% of working residents cross a state line to work, Cincinnati among the top destinations.
Most working residents leave Hebron for work: only 7% work in town. At $107,000, Hebron’s median household income is above both Kentucky’s towns ($59,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Since 2013, Hebron has added 6,567 jobs, to 10,522 in 2023.
| Hebron | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $107,000 | $59,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.3% | 15% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 10% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 99% of Kentucky towns, with expected losses of about $380 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
Hebron’s FEMA risk score is 6 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median household earns $106,719, against $63,726 across Kentucky, one input to its A− for jobs and income.
7.1% of Hebron residents are 65 or older. Only 9 of the 142 Kentucky towns we compare have a higher share of children under 18 than Hebron. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 28% across Kentucky.
| Hebron | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 31% | 22% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 7.1% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 30.4 years | 37.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 30% | 26% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Kentucky, 50.5% of residents are women.
| Hebron | KY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.2% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.8% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.7% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 3.1% | 10.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4% | 6.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 11.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.3% | 32.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.2% | 19.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.7% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.2% | 16.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.8% | 11.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
January nights average 22.6°, the lowest of 554 Kentucky places with climate records; July afternoons average 85.2°.
Hebron has chilly winters and warm summers. Among 142 Kentucky towns, just 2 have a lower July high than Hebron. About 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Its widest gap with Kentucky is stroke: 2.6% of its 4,198 adults have had a stroke, against 4% statewide. Against the 7,647 U.S. towns with household incomes like Hebron’s, it is less healthy than 73%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Hebron beats the Kentucky average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of adults binge drink in Hebron. Among 141 Kentucky towns, just 6 have a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Hebron.
| Hebron | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 38% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Hebron | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.6% | 4% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.4% | 8.2% |
| More binge drinkers | 18.5% | 14.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
13 within 15 miles of the center of Hebron
About 5 of every 100 Hebron residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
4 places in Hebron on the National Register of Historic Places.
Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Hebron () is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It is named after Hebron Lutheran Church. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 6,195. The wider Hebron area is home to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, which serves Cincinnati and the Tri-State (Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana) area. Hebron is the site of several corporate centers of operation and distribution, including Amazon, Wayfair, and DHL.
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2 towns share a border with Hebron.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron | #13 | A | B+ | — | A | B− |
| Burlington | #15 | A | B− | — | A | B+ |
| Francisville | #17 | A | C+ | — | A | A |
Hebron, Burlington and Francisville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hebron with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Hebron grades A overall, better than 95% of U.S. towns and #13 of 138 in Kentucky. It grades B− for health and A for schools.
Not for the area. That is 4.8 years of the area's median household income ($81,120 across the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
2 notable people were born here, including Pat O'Brien and John Crigler.
